Last Baselayer Ride

The Baselayer rides are long rides in the Fall/Winter to build a good base for the upcoming season. Each one has a different ride leader who picks the route for that day. This adds some variety to riding the roads in middle Georgia.
We have had good weather for most of the rides and today's weather was perfect. 35 degrees at the start of the ride, warming to a high of 65. Lots of sunshine. We had a big group of 16 riders today.
Today we rode 144 miles to F.D.R. State Park and back to Macon. Lunched at Dowdell's Knob. Dowdell’s Knob is where President Franklin D. Roosevelt sometimes picnicked and pondered world affairs. A life-size sculpture of the president now welcomes visitors to the overlook. Training partner Greg Bryant with F.D.R.

Seven plus hours on the bike goes a long way in training for the Cohutta 100 mile mountain bike race in April. I will start riding the mountain bike more in the next 8 to 10 weeks to get used to the different position of that bike and to tune up my trail riding techniques.

Only four weeks till Cheaha 50k!